Public Health Act 1961

62 Postponement of right to discharge trade effluents in special cases. E+W

(1) If, after a direction has under . . . F1 this Part of this Act been given requiring that no trade effluent shall be discharged in pursuance of a trade effluent notice until a specified date, it appears to the [F2 water authority] that in consequence of a failure to complete any works required in connection with the reception and disposal of the trade effluent, or in consequence of any other exceptional circumstances, a later date ought to be substituted for the date so specified in the direction, they may apply to the Minister and the Minister shall have power to vary the direction so as to extend the period during which the trade effluent may not be discharged until the date specified in the application or, if he thinks fit, any earlier date.

(2) Not less than one month before making an application under this section the [F2 water authority] shall give notice of their intention to the owner and occupier of the trade premises to which the trade effluent notice relates and the Minister before varying the direction shall take into account any representations made to him by the owner or occupier of those trade premises.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(3), Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)

F2 Words substituted by virtue of Water Act 1973 (c. 37), s. 14(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 62 amended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 69, Sch. 8 para. 4(2)(b) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 13(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)